Edited Bacharach Pearce (2 results)
Language: English
Published by New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978, New York and London 1978
- Hardcover
Seller: Jane Atwood, Louisville, U.S.A.Jane Atwood
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Brown Cloth. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. Brown Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. First American Edition. Hardback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 800 pages; 37 p. index; from the dj: "A modern guide to classical music designed for reading enjoyment, easy reference and listening enrich…ment. .(book's) coverage, embracing eight major divisions, nine comprehensive essays, and more than 175 shorter sections under separate subject headings. Additional material is included in glossaries, charts, notations, and analytical lists." Dj edge has one 0.5 inch long edge tear, and some wear and tear on and around the top spine of the dj. Book weighs 2.4 pounds.
- Hardcover
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United KingdomThe London Bookworm
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised. Hardcover. The Musical Companion. Slight foxing to top edge. Sunned spune to D/J. Contents: Introduction by Livia Gollancz. The ABC of Music. Prelude. Musical Notation. The Elements. The Instruments of the Orchestra. The Rise of the Orchestra: The Rise of th…e Orchestra. The Expansion of the Orchestra. The Orchestra as an Instrument. Orchestural Music: 'Absolute' Music and the Symphonies. Orchestral Music of Many Kinds. Opera: How Opera Arose. The Eighteenth Century. From Mozart ot Wagner. From Verdi to the Present Day. The Human Voice. Chamber Music: Before Beethoven. From Beethoven to Brahms. National Schools. Internationalists, Contemporary and Advant-Garde. The Solo Instument: Keyboard Instruments - Keyboard Instruments Introduction. Virginal and Harpsichord. Music for Solo Piano. Solo Piano - 20th-Century Developments. Piano and Orchestra - Piano Duo, Organ, Harpsichord. Violis Sonatas. Violin Concertos. Viola, Cello, Double-Bass, Harp, Guitar. Wind Instruments. An Essay on Listening and Peerformance. Listening and Performance Now. 800 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).
